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ALBERT G. QUINN, OF CLEVELAND, GEORGIA.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 18,1907.

Application filed August 30, 1906. Serial No. 332,681.

To all whom, it may concern;

Be it known that I, ALBERT G. QUINN, a residing at Cleveland, in thecounty of White, Georgia, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in End-Gates; and I do State of l of the'fend gate on theend margins thereof, the outer ends of the said straps 19 being bentinward at a right angle to the body part so as to engage the outside ofthe ends of the side-boards when the end gate is closed to keep thesides of the wagon box from spreadhereby declare the following to be afull, ing.

clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention has relation to the end gates for wagons, and it has asits object the provision of improvements whereby the end gate may bereadily operated to allow it to drop down out of the way in loading thewagon, as well as to be folded up in closed position easily releasedwhen desired.

The invention is clearly shown as embodied in the wagon body portrayedin the annexed drawings forming a part of this specification, in view ofwhich drawings the invention .will first be described with respect toits construction and mode of operation, and then be pointed out in thesubjoined claims.

Of the said drawings, Figure 1 is a rear view of the end gate,representing it as closed. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same, showingthe end gate open. Fig. 3 is a rear view of the wagon body showing theend gate open. Fig. 4 is a detail view of the connections on the endgate with the eye rods.

Similar figures of reference designate similar parts or features, as thecase may be, wherever they occur.

In the drawings, 10 designates the sideboards ofjthe wagon body, 11 thebottom of the bed, and 12 the end gate hinged to the bottom of the bodyby means of straphinges 13. The leaves of the hinges connected to thebottom of the bed are bent down at their outer ends and inset into theend of the bed bottom so as to bring the knuckle and pintle af the hingejust below the bed. This construction enables the end gate to beoperated as hereinafter explained.

14 designates straps of metal, bolted or riveted to the outsides of theside-boards at the rearward end and extending beyond said end, theextension of each being provided with an eye 15.- Rods 16, provided oneach end with eyes 17 and 18, are adapted to operate in the eyes 15 andto have the eyes 17 engage or hook into the said eyes 15 when the endgate is fully open.

19 are straps of metal secured to the inside and there securely held,though an eye in one Straps 20 are received against the outer face ofthe gate and have their end portions bent to extend into notches 21formed in the ends of'the gate. A ring or eye 22 is swiveled upon orconnected with each strap 20 in a position so that the outer ends 24 ofthe straps 14 may extend through the ring 22 when the gate is closed.

The rods 16 are passed through the rings 22, the eyes 17 acting asstops, as stated, to prevent disengagement of the rods from the ringswhen the gate is fully open.

The closing of the end gate is effected by simply folding it up againstthe rear end of the wagon box in which case, owing to the constructionand arrangement of the hinges, as hereinbefore described, the lower edgeof the end gate will be brought flush with the bottom of the body orbox. When the end gate is folded up, as explained, the free ends of theeye rods 16 will be folded against the back of the end gate, said freeends extending in opposite directions, and the said rods will be caughtbehind the hook 26 on the back of the end gate holding it securely inclosed position. At the same time with the closing of the end gate, theangular'ends of the straps 19 will engage the outside of the side-boardsand so keep the same from spreading. As will be understood, the ends ofthe straps 14 extend through the rings 22 when the gate is closed.

What is claimed is The combination with a wagon body having sides and abottom, of an end gate hinged to the bottom for movement into and out ofclosed position and having notches in its ends, plates secured to oneface of the gate and having end portions turned to extend into thenotches, rings secured to the plates within the notches, straps securedto the outer faces of the sides and extending rearwardly therebeyond toproject through the rings when the gate is in closed position, rodshaving'eyes at their ends engaged each with of the straps, said rodsbeing slidably engaged in the rings, the other eyes of the rods beingarranged to prevent disengagement of the rods from the rings, a hooksecured to the outer face of the gate, said eye In testimony whereof, Iaflix my signature, rods being foldable for engagement in the inpresence of tWo Witnesses. hook when the gate is in closed position tohold the gate against movement, and mem- ALBERT QUINN 5 bers carried bythe gate and arranged to eX- Witnesses:

tend from the outer faces of the sides when R. T. KENIMER,

the gate is in closed position. S. L. BROWN.

